# Basantpura Village, Pindra, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Pindra, Varanasi 

# Basantpura

Basantpura is a village in Pindra sub-district of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,439 people in 508 households**, the 32nd largest of 423 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.8%.

- 3,439people (2011)
- 508households
- 69.3%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Basantpura

Of every 100 households in Basantpura in 2011, 38 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Basantpura · ■ Pindra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**79%

Tap water ****40%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****78%**

**82%

Television ****28%**

**39%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**7%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Basantpura?

■ Basantpura · ■ Pindra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**73.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**899

Working population ****32.8%**

**34.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.5% for men and 55.5% for women. 41% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 340 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (6%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 196 (17%) · **■** Marginal 504 (45%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pindra

- Belawa3,665 people
- Chilbila3,656 people
- Gangkala3,629 people
- Jathi3,541 people
- Barhikala3,437 people
- Pindrai3,433 people
- Odar3,421 people
- Malhath3,374 people

[All 431 villages in Pindra](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/pindra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Basantpura?3,439 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Basantpura in?Varanasi district (Pindra sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Basantpura?69.3% (Census 2011)